Edwin Francis Biggs, of Bass Mountain Road, Snow Camp, was charged in March 2012 with two counts of first-degree sex offense with a child, one count of indecent liberties with a child and one count of a crime against nature.

The victim was a child under 13 and the abuse occurred between Jan. 1, 2012, and March 11, 2012, court documents said.

A family member of the victim contacted the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office in March of that year. At the time, a sheriff’s office news release said detectives conducted a brief investigation March 11, 2012, before charging Biggs that same day.

In pleading guilty to indecent liberties, the state dismissed the remaining charges.

Superior Court Judge Richard Stone, of Rockingham County, issued a suspended 16- to 29-month sentence and placed Biggs on 36 months’ probation. Biggs was given credit for 10 days spent in custody toward an active split sentence. Stone ordered that Biggs register as a sex offender, not reside with a minor child and not contact the victim or victim’s family.